Dumping the clutch

Post by **Bennoz** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:23 am

Literally...

$50 says he was showin' off....

Post by **aza013** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:40 am

S**T he made a mess of that

lol first pic old mate on the right as you look at pic you can tell its not his car lol

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:59 am

That hurts

how did that happen. It looks like a R32 GTsT, so i'm sure this would be all over SDU.

FtoSam · Post by **FtoSam** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:08 am

Seen this a few months back...

Shattered Flywheel i think... Took out the clutch too...

kid_dynamite · Post by **kid_dynamite** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:22 am

MMm flywheel explosions are no fun.

This happened to an R32 GTR driver at WSID a while back. Guy ended up just buying a new car as the cost of repairing was pretty much the same.

Post by **Bennoz** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:26 am

One of my old mans mates lost a toe in a mini when the ring gear let go... almost took his little finger off on the way through as well!

akuma3 · Post by **akuma3** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:03 pm

Can it happen to heavy duty clutches too?

FtoSam · Post by **FtoSam** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:18 pm

it was the flywheel... not the clutch...

Dont think the clutch would do that much damage...

Flywheel has a lot more inertia behind it. And can do some real destruction when they explode

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:30 pm

thats crazy!! what causes this to happen?

FtoSam · Post by **FtoSam** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:42 pm

Im guessing super high revs.. the pressure causing the flywheel to shatter... Like spinning CDs too fast in a CD player (hence why u dont see much faster than 52x cd players)

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:32 pm

well that flywheel actually flew! .... lol
I bet he cried..

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:16 pm

lol its funny how the peoples reactions are like they dont give a sh*t

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:32 pm

Yeah I read about this a few months ago (was linked from a JDM Aus thread).

I don't know much about flywheels (so don't abuse me if you think I'm wrong... I never am

) but apparently the cause of this was that the factory flywheel had been lightened by shaving and that this f*cked it's structural integrity... causing it do make the above pretty pictures.

If you have a lightened flywheel, don't bite my head off, go read the thread yourself

FtoSam · Post by **FtoSam** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:51 pm

I have a lightened one in my new motor.. but i think its a custom made one... not a standard one shaved down...

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:08 pm

just a cheap way out. Quite bad though...

akuma3 · Post by **akuma3** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:12 am

Learnt something new, so what are some good mods so we can dump the clutch

Post by **Bennoz** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:53 am

akuma3 wrote:Learnt something new, so what are some good mods so we can dump the clutch

Billet flywheel

FtoSam · Post by **FtoSam** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:57 am

So my new billet flywheel and heavy clutch means i can just dump it? or at least moreso now?

Post by **Bennoz** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:59 am

FtoSam wrote:So my new billet flywheel and heavy clutch means i can just dump it? or at least moreso now?

LOL yes... in so many words.

It just means that your next weakest link is probably the next thing to blow... like a driveshaft! Especially if you start putting slicks on it.

FtoSam · Post by **FtoSam** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:02 am

Yeah... i think if i blow some driveshafts, i'll just get some stronger ones made up... As in i'll just wait till they go... Wont have the $$$ for a while...

Going to be interesting to see how cranky this thing is to drive...